| VERB | social | foster, further | promote the growth of |
|---|---|---|---|
| social | foster | bring up under fosterage | |
| communication | foster, nurture | help develop, help grow | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | foster, surrogate | providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties |
| NOUN | person | Foster, Stephen Foster, Stephen Collins Foster | United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864) |
| Sounds | faa'ster | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abductor ... zoster: 649 rhymes with ter... | |
| Meaning | Providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties. | |
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| Synonym | surrogate | |
| Broader | adoptive | Of parents and children |
| Spanish | adoptivo, criado | |
| Catalan | adoptiu, criat | |
| Meaning | United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864). | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | Stephen Foster, Stephen Collins Foster | |
| Instance of | songwriter, songster, ballad maker | A composer of words / words or music for popular songs |
| Spanish | Stephen Collins Foster, Stephen Foster | |
| Catalan | Stephen Foster | |
| Meaning | Promote the growth of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Foster our children's well-being and education" | |
| Synonym | further | |
| Broader | promote, advance, boost, further, encourage | contribute to the progress or growth of |
| Spanish | desarrollar, fomentar, incentivar, promover | |
| Nouns | fostering | helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community |
| fostering, fosterage | encouragement | |
| Meaning | Bring up under fosterage; of children. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Broader | rear, raise, bring up, nurture, parent | Bring up |
| Spanish | criar | |
| Catalan | criar | |
| Meaning | Help develop, help grow. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | nurture | |
| Narrower | patronize, patronise, patronage, support, keep going | Be a regular customer or client of |
| serve, serve well | Promote, benefit, or be useful or beneficial to | |
| Broader | encourage | inspire with confidence |
| Spanish | nutrir | |
| Nouns | fostering, fosterage | helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community |
| fostering | encouragement | |
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